The traditional in-gathering ceremony performed by many UU congregations across the country is intended to welcome everyone back from summer activities and reflect on our time (largely) away. Bring rocks or water to symbolize your journey. But don’t worry, we will have both on hand if you forget. Service leader: Patty Klingenberg. Intergenerational.
Join Diane Wright as we review the sources of Unitarian Universalism, with a special focus on the first of six: Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life. Service leader: Patty … Continue reading Sunday Service: “The Experience of Mystery and Wonder: Exploring the Sources of our Living Tradition”
Construction is progressing nicely at Hopedale but is not complete, so there will be no service on August 21 or 28. We will begin our new service year on September 4, when Diane Wright will speak. Our annual Rock & Water Service will be on September 11. Our services this year will be multiplatform, and forthcoming topics … Continue reading Change to Dates for Hopedale Sunday Services
The traditional in-gathering ceremony performed by many UU congregations across the country is intended to welcome everyone back from summer activities and reflect on our time (largely) away. Bring rocks or water to symbolize your journey. But don’t worry, we will have both on hand if you forget. Service leader: Patty Klingenberg. Intergenerational.
Try to call to mind some experience from your life of profound welcome and belonging. Join Ann Fuehrer, Libby Earle, and Liz Woedl (service leader) will join participants in a conversation about the Congregation’s vital role in the Renewal of our Welcoming Congregation certification. The service will be live in the Hopedale building and available … Continue reading Sunday Service: Shaping Beloved Community
On Sunday, June 26 the building will be open at noon for those who want to meet to livestream the Sunday Service from General Assembly, which will be at 12:30 pm EDT (since GA is on the West Coast this year).
We will celebrate this unique UU ritual as an intergenerational service where children will actively participate. Designed during the lead-up to World War II, the flower communion is an expression of worth of human life in all its diversity. Stay tuned for ways that those at home can experience the joy. Presenter and Service Leader: … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “Flower Communion” with Patty Klingenberg
This multi-generational worship service will include a Bridging Ritual for our newest Young Adult, Kiefer Bell. There will be time to recognize him and his family as he makes this important transition from youth to young adult. We will also have reflections on Hopedale’s community of children, how we’ve fared through the Pandemic and what … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “Hopedale Children’s Religious Education and Bridging to Adulthood.”
Join Libby Earle in an examination of the reasons for supporting an 8th Principle: We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: Journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “The Time for the 8th Principle is Now.”
On Mothers’ Day, come join Patty Klingenberg and Diane Wright for an intergenerational service where we will explore what it means to have a mom, to be a mom, or to be a friend of a mom. Service leader: Patty Klingenberg. Note: There is no need to RSVP for in-person services. Note, there is no … Continue reading Sunday Hybrid Service: “My Mom Always Helps Me and She Taught Me Not to Play with Sharp Knives”
